Improvement in cattle-stalls



w M T E ,z r a L V a m I 47 N I A i L L I M j a Patented Aug. 12, 1879J. B. GREENHUT. Cattle-Stall WITNESSES Mum; M M

N- PETERS. PRO

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH B. GREENHUT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB TO HIMSELF AND NELSONMORRIS, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CATTLE-STALLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 2] 8,522, dated August12, 1879; application filed May 13, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH B. GREENHUT, of Chicago, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Im provementin Cattle-Stalls; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention consists in constructing cattlestalls by means of open-workpartitions, which are formed of bars crossing each other diagonally, andconnected to rigid posts or uprights at the foot of the stalls, wherebyI attain certain advantages hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figurel is an elevation of one of the stall-partitions, part being broken awayto show the attachment of the cross-bar which closes the lower end ofthe stalls. Fig. 2 is an end view of the connected partitions formingtwo stalls. Fig. 3 is a detail side view, showing a modification of themode of attaching and securin g the cross-bar illustrated in Figs. 1 and2.

In "said drawings, A indicates the feedingtrough; B, the floor, and Othe vertical parallel partitions forming the stalls. Said partitions areformed of bars a a, which are arranged in pairs, crossing each otherdiagonally, and secured together by nails, bolts, rivets, or othersuitable devices.

The ends of the bars are similarly attached to uprights D D, of whichthose, D, at the foot of the stalls are rigidly connected at the top bycross-bars E.

After the cattle have been driven in, the stalls are closed at the lowerend by means of a detachable bar, F, whose ends enter mortises ornotches in the uprights D, and are secured by pins b, inserted throughthe latter or through one of the bars a. By withdrawing the pins thebars F can be readily removed.

By means of these partitions G the cattle are kept in their placeswithout chaining or tying, and yet ventilation is not perceptiblyobstructed, nor is admission of light from the ends of the stablematerially hindered.

The expense of constructing the partitions is also small as comparedwith the usual close or tight board partitions.

Besides these advantages,the diagonal arrangement of the bars a asecures another namely, an open triangular opening or space, 0, is leftbelow the partitions, through which the legs of the cattle can projectwhen they lie down, thus promoting their comfort and health.

What I claim is- The open-work partitions for cattle-stalls, the samebeing formed of bars crossing each other diagonally, as shown anddescribed.

JOSEPH B. GREENHUT.

Witnesses:

JAMES W. HUNT, A. E. BIGELOW.

